Word.ws English Dictionary

having Van Gogh's ear for music

having Van Gogh's ear for music is the present participle and gerund of have Van Gogh's ear for music.

Meaning of have Van Gogh's ear for music

Verb

have Van Gogh's ear for music (third-person singular simple present has Van Gogh's ear for music, present participle having Van Gogh's ear for music, simple past and past participle had Van Gogh's ear for music)

  1. (humorous, idiomatic, informal) To be tone-deaf.
    • After listening to Cliff Osmond, a huge, 225-pound actor, rehearse a song he was to sing as part of his role in Kiss Me, Stupid, Billy observed, not unkindly, "You have Van Gogh's ear for music."1970, Tom Wood, The bright side of Billy Wilder, primarily

Questions about having Van Gogh's ear for music

What is having Van Gogh's ear for music the present participle and gerund of?
Having Van Gogh's ear for music is the present participle and gerund of have Van Gogh's ear for music.

Words near having Van Gogh's ear for music in the dictionary

  1. having time on one's side
  2. having to
  3. having to say for oneself
  4. having truck with
  5. having up
  6. having Van Gogh's ear for music
  7. having way
  8. having words
  9. havingness
  10. havings
  11. havior

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: having Van Gogh's ear for music (page history and authors); have Van Gogh's ear for music (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “having Van Gogh's ear for music.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/having_van_gogh%27s_ear_for_music. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.